Thomas Munz

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Thomas Otto Munz (born March 7, 1929 in Seelbach , Baden; † November 4, 2011 ) was a German sculptor.

Career

Munz first completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. At the age of 21 he started training as a sculptor at the Munich School of Applied Arts and continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts . There he met his wife, the sculptor Maria Munz-Natterer († 2008). Both married in 1957 and in 1959 acquired the Bartl property in Niederneuching .

He created works for churches, public spaces and places, especially in the Erding district, but also in Lower Austria, such as in the Geras Abbey or Pernegg Abbey .

Awards

  • 1991: Culture Prize of the district of Erding

Works

  • Fountain at the secondary school in Taufkirchen
  • War memorial in Niederneuching
  • Well in Oberneuching
  • Aluminum sculpture at the secondary school in Wartenberg
  • Entrance sculpture at the Erding District Hospital (together with Maria Munz-Natterer)
  • Stone sculpture at the Anne Frank High School in Erding
  • Fountain sculpture at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Schellingstrasse 3
  • Tabernacle of the parish church Apparition of the Lord in Munich- Blumenau

literature

  • Vollmer VI, 1962, 291
  • Thomas Munz designs a museum for the deceased wife , in: Erdinger Anzeiger, No. 58/2009, March 11, 2009

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
  2. ^ Chagall-Hof , accessed on December 3, 2011.
  3. ↑ SkulpTour Munich ; Retrieved December 3, 2011
  4. ↑ Parish Church Appearance of the Lord ; accessed on December 21, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Munz, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munz, Thomas Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Seelbach , Baden
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 2011